Common Grounds

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• Jews have historical ties to Palestine. Israel is still a settler-colonial project

  
  June 16, 2026 13:43

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/israel-palestine-jews-settler-colonialism/

   

  By Sleman Altehe

  Published June 10, 2026

   

  The debate over origins is irrelevant to defining the nature of the Zionist regime, which is built on the dispossession and erasure of the Palestinians.

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• Netanyahu's Last Stand: When Reality Is Low, Go Lower

  
  June 23, 2026 14:05

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-06-19/ty-article-magazine/.premium/netanyahus-last-stand-when-reality-

   

  By Dahlia Scheindlin

  Published June 19, 2026

   

  With his latest Orwellian political ads, Netanyahu is trying to frighten Israelis with the prospect of what awaits them if the opposition wins. Ironically, the horrors he warns of have already happened – under him

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• Opinion Israel Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in the West Bank

  
  June 23, 2026 13:38

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-06-18/ty-article-opinion/.premium/israel-is-conducting-a-systematic-campaign-of-ethnic-cleansing-in-the-west-bank/0000019e-db02-d7a4-a99f-dfce00a20000

   

  By Ehud Olmert

  Published June 18, 2026

   

  These are unprecedented and harsh accusations against the Israeli government and the defense establishment, especially from a former prime minister. But after years of restraint, I have no choice but to make them

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• Israel and the US: The End of the ‘Special Relationship’

  
  June 23, 2026 13:50

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israel-and-the-us-the-end-of-the-special-relationship/

   

  By Jeremy Salt

  Published June 23, 2026

   

  This is hard to imagine, but it would surely go down well with the American people. They’ve had enough of Israel.

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• Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu: The Odd Couple

  
  June 30, 2026 13:42

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/donald-trump-and-benjamin-netanyahu-the-odd-couple/

   

  By Jamal Kanj

  Published June 19, 2026

   

  On all fronts, Trump did not merely follow Netanyahu’s lead. He enabled it, funded it, armed it, and defended it diplomatically.

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• The Qibya blueprint

  
  June 30, 2026 13:35

  Source: Vashti Media

  https://www.vashtimedia.com/the-qibya-blueprint/?ref=new-from-vashti-newsletter

   

  By Raphael Mimoun

  Published June 24, 2026

   

  Israel has been massacring civilians and lying about it since its inception.

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• Drones and decomposing babies: What’s in UN report on Israel’s genocide of Palestinian children

  
  June 30, 2026 13:24

  Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians 

  https://jfjfp.com/drones-and-decomposing-babies-whats-in-un-report-on-israels-genocide-of-palestinian-children/

   

  Sondos Asem reports in Middle East Eye on 25 June 2026

   

  Israel has killed over 20,000 Palestinian children since 7 October 2023. The UN has detailed instances of torture, rape and murder in a landmark report

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• Israel wants the world to be quiet

  
  July 07, 2026 14:06

  Source: Arab News

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/2649004

   

  By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

  Published June 29, 2026

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• Neither Victory nor Liberation: After Three Years of War, We Need a Palestinian State Side by Side With Israel

  
  July 07, 2026 13:21

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-06-28/ty-article-opinion/.premium/neither-victory-nor-liberation-we-need-a-palestinian-and-israeli-state/0000019f-0ab9-db84-a1df-9bbfc11d0000

   

  By Ayman Odeh

  Published June 28, 2026

   

  Beyond all the narratives and all the historic score-settling, human life is the most precious thing of all: people are more important than land, and this land is already saturated with too much blood

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• ‘Response to Antisemitism is Decolonization of Palestine’: Pappé on Zionism and Europe

  
  July 07, 2026 13:31

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/response-to-antisemitism-is-decolonization-of-palestine-pappe-on-zionism-europe-and-the-future/

   

  By Romana Rubeo

  Published June 27, 2026

   

  Addressing the Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress, Ilan Pappé urged Jewish anti-Zionists to challenge Zionism while advancing Palestinian liberation.

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